The social commerce buzz this week? Pinterest has announced that Buyable Pins are coming later this month, launching with select retailers.
Unlike Twitter and Facebook’s respective Buy Buttons, pinners will be able to purchase without leaving Pinterest ...

2 months ago by Linda BustosComments Off on Buyable Pins and the Future of Ecommerce

Pinterest’s public API launch made waves last week, with 20 partners including ecommerce brands Zappos, Wal-mart, ModCloth, Target and Wayfair on board.
The novelty is newsworthy — but will interest in Pinterest wane, or is there real business ...

2 years ago by Linda BustosComments Off on Pinterest API and Ecommerce: Will It Be A Flash in the Pin?

The book publishing industry has been disrupted, disrupted and disrupted some more. Book publishers have a reputation of being dinosaurs that don’t know how to embrace digital, headed towards extinction. But HigherEd publisher Pearson has schooled ...

2 years ago by Linda BustosComments Off on Turning Content into Commerce: A Case Study with Pearson Education

Infographic Friday comes early this week, we’ve teamed up with Monetate on the Rise of Shopping APIs.
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Tweetable stats:
100 new APIs are launched every week Tweet this
Programmable Web estimates there’ll be 30K APIs ...

3 years ago by Linda BustosComments Off on The Rise of Shopping APIs [Infographic]

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